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It is mostly pre-conceived notions from live that “Blasters are squishy.” That is no longer the case.

ITrials used to be almost entirely formed in Ouroboros on Excelsior unfortunately, but I have noticed them expanding to Pocket D and Dark Astoria over the past several months. Hopefully these transportation options will encourage people to continue to move to Pocket D and/or Dark Astoria.

It is. Most iTrials are formed in Pocket D on Indomitable, while Hamidon raids are done in The Abyss. On Excelsior, iTrials are split between Pocket D, Ouroboros, and Dark Astoria, while Hamidon raids are done in The Hive. I prefer to form things in Pocket D, but that is because I try to avoid Ouroborus. Too many people camping the entrance.

We're not jumping on him for disliking PLing. I disliked it as well for a long, long time. We're jumping on him for blaming PLing for the population decline.

Also, people leaving the game and coming back for updates is the natural ebb and flow of MMOGs, and has been for a long while now. There's just too many games out there for people to stick with just one anymore. It's not 1999, nor 2005 anymore. Those days are over and have been over for a long time now. Heck, I've been playing on Homecoming since the day it launched, and yes I power level now, but I also take breaks for a few days ever now and then to prevent burn out. That's natural and healthy.

Like it or not, power leveling is a staple of every MMOG out there now. In fact, most flat out sell tokens to take your character to maximum or near-maximum level for real money now. Should people be able to power level is an interesting topic, but in the end it doesn't really matter because it's here, it's here to stay, and is now expected of all MMOGs.

Considering that it is being removed from the game entirely...

By September 2021, NCSoft will be no more. It will be called just NC. I'm not sure how well that name will go over in the United States, considering that I automatically think of North Carolina when I hear "NC." Regardless, I wonder if this means a change in leadership and/or a change in focus for good ol' NCSoft.

Blue Tank - Statesman Blue Melee Damage - Back Alley Brawler Blue Ranged Damage - Positron Blue Support - Manticore Red Tank - Lord Recluse Red Melee Damage - Black Scorpion (this one I don't get at all) Red Ranged Damage - ? Red Support - Ghost Widow

The only "tension" is brought up by PvEers who think that they are due every single badge in the game and refuse to acknowledge that they are actually entering PvP zones, not PvE. And I say this as a PvEer who avoids PvP like the plague. PvP zones are for PvPers. End of story.

I'm one of the ones that would love to see the /ah command removed. Prior to sunset, I used to go to the Imperial City auction house whenever I needed to buy and/or sell, specifically to avoid the crowds at the Black Market. I miss needing a reason to do that. :P That said, it is far too late to change that as /ah was something available prior to sunset.

Welcome back to the Rogue Isles! Unfortunately, you’re most likely not going to get a DFB nor a DiB team red side. I only got enough people to start for about one of every four attempts. If you want one, you’re going to have to go Rogue and form one up in The Sewers, ‘cause Atlas Park is bad and should feel bad. As for ToT teams, they can sometimes be found in Kallisti Wharf. I lead an event league in Kallisti Wharf the first day of the Halloween event, and I have seen others do the same since.

People go to Excelsior because they want to play with other people. People play blue side because they want to play with other people. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thus, Excelsior has a substantially higher blue side to red side ratio than the other servers, unfortunately. There are people though keeping the lights on on Excelsior's red side however, like moi.

That would wind up breaking teams with Rogues and Vigilantes even more than they're broken already.

Uhh... do you know how crowded the Ouroboros entrance is already? I already try to avoid Ouroboros as much as possible as a result. I can only imagine if they added all zone exits to Ouro.

If Sister Psyche can be in the LRSF still, no reason that Statesman can’t be as well. I miss handing him his head.

Ahh, that makes sense. In this case, the mission was "Learn what the Carnival knows about Anti-Matter and the attack" from Tina MacIntyre, where you go talk to Vanessa DeVore. It's the fifth mission in the "The Instant Army" story arc.

No, because there is a far bigger issue at play than just PvP and Master of TF/SF badges. Not much more can be said until Issue 27 is live.

They were all built by players.

Uhhh... who said that it would not be in a future beta patch, before Issue 27 launches?

Zone beacons in SG bases have nothing to do with badges, so yes, they'll still work. Unabashed does require a mothership raid, either the zone version or soon the instanced version.

I feel like a lot of people are getting stuck in the weeds instead of looking at the big picture when it comes to the number of transport options. You don't need all of the transport powers. Myself, I plan on mainly using the P2W Base Transporter and the Long Range Teleport accolade. Between the two of them and people using Team Transporter, that is more than sufficient for getting around Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, and Praetoria.

1. Negative, Ghost Rider. 2. Running respec trials isn't pointless. You get a badge, reward merits, and the red side ones only take about fifteen minutes. Plus the level 44+ blue side one is pretty fun, IMO.

Yep, First Ward, Night Ward, Rikti War Zone, and Dark Astoria are all co-op. All are a lot of fun.

Could fix that by requiring a minimum of two people to join the LFG queue for a task force/strike force/trial.